1. (n.)circumflex a mark (ˆ or ˜) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate that the vowel is long, as in French, pronounced with a rise and fall in pitch, as in Classical Greek, stressed, or pronounced with a particular quality, as the (â) in (âr) air.
2. (adj.)circumflex consisting of, indicated by, or bearing a circumflex.
3. circumflex pronounced with or characterized by the quality, length, stress, or pitch indicated by a circumflex.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L circumflexus=circum-circum - +flectere to bend)
Definition of 'circumflex'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)circumflex a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
Definition of 'circumflex'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)circumflex moving or turning round; circuitous
2. (adj)circumflex curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts
4. (noun)circumflex a character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2
5. (verb)circumflex to mark or pronounce with a circumflex
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